NGT Bans construction work, asks Delhi govt to curb pollution

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday descended intensely on Delhi and other neighbouring States for not finding a way to control stubble burning and guided them to give finish mechanism on execution of its headings by tomorrow to curb air pollution.

A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar reprimanded the secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh for not implementing its requests on product burning and containing air pollution.

“What did you do when all this smog was going on and the particulate matter reached beyond prescribed limits? What steps did you take, except till yesterday? For the first five days nobody did anything, be it the states or the Centre. Show us one thing visible to common man,” the Bench said.

The green board likewise passed a large number of measures to enhance the surrounding air quality in the national capital including banning development exercises and operation of stone crushers and block ovens for a week in Delhi and NCR.

Amid the listening to, the Bench likewise blasted the AAP government for shutting schools without leading any logical study and asked how it arrived at the conclusion that pollution indoor was superior to open air for youngsters.

It additionally rapped Delhi government for sprinkling water through cranes rather than choppers to control dust pollution.

The tribunal guided the city corporations of Delhi to depute 50 for every penny of their staff to go to different destinations over the city to guarantee no dust pollution is brought about because of development and there is no burning of city solid waste.

It likewise asked Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to gather encompassing air quality information for a time of one week as a team with Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).

The NGT conceded the matter for listening to tomorrow after it was educated that the Supreme Court was additionally listening to the case.